I (want) __________________ to be a doctor until I was fifteen. The answer is “had wanted” because “want” here expressed a “wish - I used to want to be a doctor before I was fifteen”. Am I correct? Thanks. Is “wanted” OK? 2. He (live)

Hi, I Didn't told No. Here are examples of how to form the Simple past tense correctly. I told a story. I did not tell a story. Clive

Hi. You said in your response: Your earlier quote was "Simple Past and Past Progressive do not normally change in sentences with when / if." That part doesn't mention the simple present. I assume the original quote is correct

Both are fine. Started is simple past and refers to the event as completed; have started is present perfect and relates that past event to the present in some way.

First of all, the first example is probably a "typo" or misspelling. We all make them (note "thier agenda" above). The others are examples of the simple present used to express general truths. They are showing this aspect :

were engaging in is in the active past continuous. Here it means that they were repeatedly "engaging" in the past, that it were several incidents of "engaging" done by them. I don't think this tense is correct. were

it is an action verb, which justifies the use of have in simple past as a substitution of present perfective in American English Please explain why this might be so. I see no relationship between the two uses. The sentence under consideration

It is simple past, including that of 'seconds ago'; the speaker of course considers the task fully completed, hence no relation to the present. They had it under control; they completed it successfully.

People transported loads of camping necessities to a little island from a boat through waist-deep water. The job just finished only seconds ago. You are a college student on vacation, fresh out of grueling finals, lying sprawled on the seats at

I wish... happened now is not correct. You can say It would be nice if ... happened now or I hope ... happens now or I wish ... would happen now. However, I wish... happened refers to something in the past, not "now" or in the